Oh, goodness, I couldn't do anything dental without anesthetic. My mouth for some reason is super sensitive to pain in a way the rest of me is not. When they did the gum graft surgery, I could feel...
ipoop, that's a great list of alternative actions!...
That's really kinda funny, because I had the opposite experience. During the first time I flared, I cut back all my favorite foods. Went religiously on the SCD diet, followed all the rules. Kept on...
Ooh, the colon water pick. Just spray away all the nasties! I like it :) I have had gum recession since before I was diagnosed with UC. I brush, floss, use the inter-dental thingies, haven't tried...
Yes, I most definitely feel fatigue when I'm flaring. It's hard enough getting through a day full of poop, and then to feel completely wiped out (ooh, bad pun) by the middle of the day doesn't help....
Sounds like a plan! It's so hard to eat well and follow a careful diet when you're traveling, but cutting up some leaves and soaking them in water seems easy enough to do in a hotel room. Good luck...
I got one from joining CCFA....
Really? That's all you do? No blending? No cooking? No squishing and straining? You just chop it up and let it sit in a pitcher of water? Have you ever tried blending it up and straining? Seems like...
Ha ha - I just google searched for "Nopal Water" and one of the first things I see in the search results is a discussion here on Healingwell. Cool! Looks like it's worth a try. I am lucky to have...
Definitely not the water, I still have the weird and highly variable poop schedule a week later, and now there's blood too. Sigh... wishful thinking! How are you doing? I've never heard of Nopal...
That is an interesting article, thanks for sharing. I play in the dirt a lot now (gardening, yard work, camping) and played outside a lot when I was a kid, too bad I didn't pick up enough bacteria to...
I was just looking around the web for info on autoimmune disease and found this to be interesting: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/wuso-ncf060216.php Maybe this will lead to a new...
That's too funny - write something cheeky (sorry, couldn't resist). I hope it goes well, and then you can eat!...
I would agree with above posters. If you have a crock pot or can get your hands on one (I see them regularly at our local thrift shop for a couple of bucks, but don't know that you'd find one where...
You know, I've really enjoyed not having to stick anything up my butt for the last couple of years. I can't believe I just said that... ;)...
I consider myself fairly scientific savvy but had a really hard time trying to read just the abstract of this paper. i drink bone broth that I make myself, on the rare occasion that we actually have...
CC - you asked what am I doing to stop my flare? Well, for starters, try not to panic, though yesterday I was definitely in panic mode. I had 6 watery BMs yesterday, and felt really crampy. Today,...
I know there are some of you out there who don't "approve" of going med-free, but I'm glad I tried it and persisted. It took a while to get things under control a couple of years ago, being obsessive...
Ugh, sorry to hear you're flaring after such a long remission. I have been totally symptom-free and feeling great for 2 years now, and then *wham* with a flare that's been starting up over the last...
Wow, lots of replies to this! I just wanted to post it because I couldn't find a whole lot of positive non-sedation info on the www (especially for skinny females), so wanted to add my own experience...
Call me crazy, but I did it, and honestly, it really wasn't that bad. I had a GI appointment last month and he wanted to do a colonoscopy. I figured I was due for one and said okay. I asked my GI how...
Ugh, that's a lot to deal with. I'll happy come attend the pity party (I'll bring the gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free cake ... ) :wink:...
Absolutely. Lots of variety, lots of balance, a little of this a little of that. That way I won't eat too much of anything or not enough of anything else. Works for me. :)...
Wow, thanks for all those replies. Very helpful! And dinkydonuts, I know it's all artificial, and I think it's all gross, but I figure I don't have much choice with the miralax, but I do have a...
Congratulations, and happy birthday to you both! :)...
With all the experience on this board, I'm sure someone has the answer for me. I have a colonoscopy in a couple of weeks. I'm told to do the prep with Miralax and Gatorade. I hate the stuff in...
But his last scope was December 2012, so it would be 2 years since the last one. Personally, I'm right there with you John65, I have had 2 flex sigs and immediately after each one my symptoms got way...
After college, I took a year off to work a bit, but work with a BA in biology wasn't too interesting, so I went for my Master's in biology. After that I got a job that I loved, but it was a state...
That sounds like great advice to me. :-)...
I have insurance thru my hubby's work, so it's whatever they have at work. If it turns out that I go the expensive meds route, we can certainly look into getting different insurance with prescription...
Very interesting question. My first flare started in January, my 2nd and 3rd flares started in August/Sept. So far, I seem to have worse symptoms in the fall-winter months. (that said, with spring...
Well, I don't really know what I'm talking about, any way to save money on Rx medications. All my medication expenses are out of pocket, and that's really scary. I have a little plastic card from ......
I think I live pretty simply. I love the idea of simple living, at least. I am a stay-at-home, homeschooling, "crunchy" type person. We have a house with a garden in the front yard. I love the idea...
I am about to jump off the "all natural" bandwagon and jump on the "gimme drugs!" bandwagon. When I last looked at prescription drug rates for some of the more common UC drugs, the prices were out of...
I took the hydrocortisone enema for several weeks but didn't notice any difference at all....
That's so funny, I just had a conversation about this with someone else. I think there's definitely something in my head about it all. When I'm out and about, I generally am okay, but the second I...
stealthguardian, if I read your post correctly, I think I agree with you. Unfortunately, it seems we're all stuck in a vicious cycle. And there's no blueprint that's clear and easy to read that says...
DBwithUC, that's kinda what I thought. Canada, donor poop required, still being tested, C.diff., etc. When one of my health care people mentioned it, I got pretty excited, but then couldn't find it...
I took canasa once and while I was taking it my symptoms got worse. Nothing specific, just worse IBD symptoms. The other weird thing was I got really bad waves of vertigo that started a couple of...
iPoop, that's the sort of thing I was looking for, thanks. soystud & notsosicklygirl, that's also what I was thinking. Either with or without medication, people go into flares. I get so discouraged...
In the last couple of days/weeks, I have seen this mentioned a lot here in the forum: that noncompliance with your regular meds is the biggest cause of bigger and badder flares. I was wondering if...
I was told recently that the "fecal transplant pill" was currently available in the US. I thought, "no way!" so I googled it. When I try to look it up, I find lots of info like the FDA has "approved"...
Well that's very interesting. I have been taking WOO for a couple of months now and was planning to just finish up what I have left and not try any more, since it hasn't seemed to make a bit of...
No kidding, I have plenty of extra mucous at the moment. :devil:...
Yikes! (and yes, it does sound fake, but then I've never heard a hippo fart!)...
I eat leftovers for breakfast. Today I had sweet potato hash with ground turkey. It was pretty tasty....
All seriousness aside, I just love the idea of it. "Well, gee, Doc, my colon doesn't seem to be working too well anymore. Can you print out a new one for me?" :cool:...
I wonder about this too. I guess in an ideal world, the docs would always want to know as much as they possibly can. But at what expense? It's stressful to one's body to have chemicals passing...
Very interesting, thanks all for the comments. I guess it's never an "all or nothing" situation....
The first flex sig diagnosed me as UC. I had been having blood in my poop for about a month before, and it was just the rectum. Then I switched doctors and because my symptoms had gotten a lot worse...